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What if cancer, like so many chronic diseases, is an accumulation of little compromises? Sometimes cancer has a big, blatant cause—like radiation exposure. Other…
Read more about Accumulating Cancer: Little Compromises and Big Implications
“I got complacent. Don’t ever let that happen to you.” These were the words of advice offered to me by a patient when reflecting on…
Read more about Cut the Hope Rope: Choose Freedom Over Fear After a Cancer Diagnosis
Breathe. Is your inhalation and exhalation soft, slow, and even? Is it calm, almost imperceptible? Each breath should travel through the nose, which warms…
Once upon a time, most freshwater was pure and drinkable. Back then, a major risk was contracting a waterborne infection such as giardia. Now,…
Read more about Is Your Drinking Water Safe? How to Test and Purify Water
The findings of Francis Pottenger are often cited as proof that humans, as animals, should be consuming a raw diet. Being that humans are…
Read more about To Heat or Not to Heat: The Failing of Raw Food Diets
I don’t hear this phrase often, as patients who return to our clinic do so because they have benefited from acupuncture. However, acupuncture may…
Teeming with life and full of bubbly deliciousness, sauerkraut is digestive vigor in a jar. When made at home, sauerkraut is inexpensive and simple…
Read more about Ferment Your Way to a Healthier Gut with Homemade Sauerkraut
Antibiotics are lifesaving but have significant negative health consequences, reducing populations of beneficial gut flora along with the pathogenic microbes they are prescribed to…
Read more about Reduce Microbiome Damage from Antibiotics with Probiotics and Prebiotics
It’s harder to breathe easy these days. You may think indoor air quality is an issue only in developing countries, where particulate matter from the burning…
It’s winter in Wisconsin. The nights are long, and the days are cold. With the glow of the holidays past, we hunker down for…
In February 2015 I was diagnosed with a small bowel obstruction (SBO), secondary to lymphoma. An enlarged lymph node was encroaching into the luminal…
One of the new players in the holistic treatment of cancer is a compound called Gc protein-derived macrophage activating factor (GcMAF). As the name…